The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 22-28, 2014
Autism and Jail. The Stanford class of 1994. And can AIDS be cured? he Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week.

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Autistic and Searching for a Home By Genna Buck, Maisonneuve MagazineBetween jail and the hospital, Savannah Shannon’s life is in limbo.
Can AIDS Be Cured? By Jerome Groopman, New YorkerResearchers get closer to outwitting a killer.
What Happened To Director Martin BrestBy Matt Patches, PlayboyHe directed Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run and, yes, Gigli. Then he vanished. Why?
A Brand New World In Which Men RuledBy Jodi Kantor, New York TimesInstead of narrowing gender gaps, the technology industry created vast new ones for Stanford University’s pioneering class of 1994.
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In The Arms Of A StrangerBy James Purtill, ABCIn an emergency, would you hand your child over to a stranger you met at a barbecue?
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Nerd CruiseBy Adam Rogers, WiredWhat 800 Nerds on a Cruise Ship Taught Me About Life, the Universe, and Snorkeling.
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